DICHI MICHI Sounds of New Hope CD (DichiMichi113) Utterly commercial teenybopper pop-punk band which would soon to be playing over and over on the airwaves and TV via some telco advert, that is if...

ROSEWOOD Reggae Cinta EP CD-R (self-release) There are quite a number of bands playing reggae over here since the past 6 years, but are they “reggae” bands? Now that is quite an elitist thing...

BALOK PEOPLE Small Boy Big Heart CD (MeLAYAN Records) Finally listened to the CD and i must say i am crushingly disappointed. it’s all home-recorded, midi-driven, cheesy-keyboards, ultra-lite-reggae. the whole thing sounds more like...

CORPORATE YOUTH 1 Song Demo CD-R (self-release) Stumbled into a facebook post about this band a few weeks ago, checked out their myspace page. love the song there and suggested Alak to call them...

TSA Back To Kindergarten CD (Rough Draft Music) Currently based in Singapore where the band members are working at, TSA is one of the few veteran Philippines punk bands still going after the initial...

ORBITCINTA BENJAMIN 6 Songs CD (Deaf At Twenty Two) I believe this is the first proper collection of tracks from OB after the 2006 demo and a slew of compilation appearances. To tell you...

KELADAK Keladak Demo CD-R (self-release) Malaysian folk-rock with the habit of doing great covers; first time I saw them they played Bento from Iwan Fals’ project SWAMI and when they played Rice Above! #04,...

LOW FAT / CARCASS GRINDER Split-CD (MCR) When it comes to Thailand’s hardcore-punk or similarly-inclined bands, there’s only LOW FAT who have been rocking my boat for these past few years. Are there any...

KERENANEKO / ARCHAGATUS Mince To Death Split-CD (Cactus/Bullwhip/Pissed Off/Stong) An old release which I’ve only managed to snag last night. A multi-label split release from 2007 featuring Malaysia’s own KERENANEKO and Canada’s ARCHAGATUS; a...

V Tahun Ular CD (The End of Recordings) Singapore’s very capable bunch of recent veterans coming together to do a sort of tribute to Malay rock only to get better results than most of...